Conductive connecting member and display device including the same

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment provides a conductive connecting member, and a display device including the same, that includes a flexible elongated body and terminals formed at opposite ends of the body to be electrically connected to the body, wherein the body may include terminal areas in which the terminals are formed and a central area disposed between the terminal areas, and wherein two or more recess portions may be formed in edges of the body within the central area of the body.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A conductive connecting member comprising:
 a flexible, elongated body; 
 terminals formed at opposite ends of the body to be electrically connected to the body; and 
 a circuit pattern disposed on the body, 
 wherein the body includes terminal areas in which the terminals are formed and a central area disposed between the terminal areas, 
 wherein two or more recess portions are formed in edges of the body within the central area of the body, 
 wherein the recess portions include two or more first recesses formed in a first edge of the body, and two or more second recesses formed in a second edge of the body, the second edge being opposite to the first edge, 
 wherein the first recesses are disposed in an alternating manner with the second recesses along the central area, 
 wherein intervals between adjacent first recesses and intervals between adjacent second recesses are the same, and 
 wherein the circuit pattern on the terminal area has a straight line shape and the circuit pattern on the central area has a curved line shape. 
 
     
     
       2. The conductive connecting member of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the recess portions comprise recesses in edges of the body, and at least one recess has a rounded end. 
 
     
     
       3. The conductive connecting member of  claim 2 , wherein:
 at least two of the recesses have a same width. 
 
     
     
       4. The conductive connecting member of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the terminal areas of the body each form an at least approximate U-shape. 
 
     
     
       5. The conductive connecting member of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the body forms a substantially linear shape in which the central area and the terminal areas extend substantially in the same direction. 
 
     
     
       6. A display device comprising:
 a display panel that is flexible and is constructed to display an image; 
 a driver that includes two or more driving circuit substrates and is disposed around the display panel to drive the display panel; 
 a flexible drive connector that electrically connects the display panel and the driver; and 
 a conductive connecting member that electrically connects adjacent driving circuit substrates to each other, 
 wherein the conductive connecting member includes a flexible elongated body, terminals formed at opposite ends of the body to be electrically connected to the body, and a circuit pattern disposed on the body, 
 wherein the body includes terminal areas in which the terminals are formed and a central area disposed between the terminal areas, two or more recess portions are formed in edges of the body within the central area of the body, the recess portions include two or more first recesses formed in a first edge of the body, and two or more second recesses formed in a second edge of the body, the second edge being opposite to the first edge, the first recesses are disposed in an alternating manner with the second recesses along the central area, intervals between adjacent first recesses and intervals between adjacent second recesses are the same, and the circuit pattern on the terminal area has a straight line shape and the circuit pattern on the central area has a curved line shape. 
 
     
     
       7. The display device of  claim 6 , wherein:
 the display panel is a curved display panel curved in a predetermined direction, and 
 the two or more driving circuit substrates are formed to be curved to correspond to a curvature of the curved display panel. 
 
     
     
       8. The display device of  claim 7 , wherein the driving circuit substrates include connectors sized and arranged to receive the terminals. 
     
     
       9. The display device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the connectors are oriented substantially parallel to a lengthwise direction of the driving circuit substrate. 
 
     
     
       10. The display device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the connectors are oriented substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the driving circuit substrate.